double back

Verb

Meaning

retrace one's course

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Synonyms

backtrack turn back back return turn circle reverse loop retreat revert invert retrace go back come back get back
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Antonyms

move on keep going move forward go forward keep moving keep moving forward
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Hypernyms

return

Examples

The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back Source: Internet

However, the descriptions in suggest more whimsy: The “cheerful” and diminutive Seppala was also seen as “something of a show-off, known to flip double back handsprings just for laughs and land with a somersault.” Source: Internet

However, that loopiness eventually causes the river to double back on itself in places and "short-circuit", creating an ox-bow lake in the process. Source: Internet

Follow the A40 towards Gloucester, 1st roundabout take A417 towards Cirencester, at the next roundabout double back using the 4th exit. Source: Internet

But let’s double back to those denim cutoffs, which were all business in the front—save a few strategically-placed slashes—and a big-ass party in the back. Source: Internet

From M4 J24, take A48 (E) towards Langstone, at next roundabout double back towards (J24). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

double astronomical object double attack double aunt double back to double bar double bar line